Polygonia c-album or Comma Butterfly

Sympetrum sanguineum... Ruddy Darter dragonfly settles on a seed head

A male Common Blue butterfly settles in sheltered, bright and warm spot among the ears of wheat and shows off his underwing markings

Icy blue back light illuminates a Common Darter dragonfly

A Common Cader Bumblebee pierces an unopened Common Toadflax flower to get to the nectar inside

A immature Male Broad-bodied Chaser rests on a sprig of Hawthorm to catch the warmth of the sun.

These two Small Tortoiseshell butterflies followed one another from flower to flower for quite some time.

Unidentified Wasp

An immaculate Callophyrys rubi or Green Hairstreak butterfly. My 1st for the year 2023

Flitting about just above the waters surface in search of a female while seeing off other eager competitors.

Pyrgus malvae or Grizzled Skipper butterfly

A very lucky find as these butterflies are sadly becoming quite a rarity in the UK.

A freshly emerged female Common Darter Dragonfly

A battle is about to commence between this Comma butterfly and a tiny hoverfly over the nectar of the last of the Blackberry flowers situated along the old disused railway track..... The Hoverfly won!

Ephemera danica E.vulgata (male) Britains largest upwing fly.

Rhagonycha fulva

A black and white image

A female Common Darter dragonfly rests among the Ripe Barley

A male Brimstone butterfly sips nectar from a Devil's-bit Scabious

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Gonepteryx rhamini or Brimstone Butterfly takes nectar from a Spear Thistle flowerhead

A male Common Blue takes a short break while on the search for a female.

The Underwing. markings of the White Admiral butterfly

Ephemerella ignita or Blue-winged Olive Dun. One of the most common of the upwinged flies backlit by weak afternoon sunshine

Callophrys rubi or Green Hairstreak butterfly.

A mating pair settle on a bramble

A Male Beautiful Demoiselle was determined that this was his sunny lookout perch and kept returning time after time to the same leaf in his quest to find a female.

A Brown Argus butterfly sits on his perch waiting for a female to pass.

A male Common Darter Dragonfly finds a spot out of the wind among the undergrowth.

An egg laden female takes a well earned rest in the sun. She could possibly lay on average as many as 350 or more eggs on submerged vegetation around the margins of the pool.

A White-legged damselfly rides a grass seed head as the breeze strengthens making it sway to and fro.

Libellula quadrimaculata or Four-Spotted Chaser warms itself in the afternoon sun.

A Common Darter dragonfly poses for the camera .

A Female Beautiful Demoiselle see's off the unwanted attentions of a Male

Female Orange tip butterfly

A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) sips nectar from a Bramble flower. Each year this long distance migrant makes the long journey from North Africa the Middle East and Central Asia to recolonise mainland Europe reaching Britain and Ireland during Mid to Late summer.

A grab shot as she flew off the flower.

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Libellula quadrimaculata or Four-spotted chaser dragonfly

Preparing for take-off........

A Migrant Hawker dragonfly on the hunt for insects to eat and females to mate with.

A Long Hoverfly settles on a Fleabane flowerhead No3 in Smoke Ring Series

A Plant bug of the Miridae family. Settles on a Field Rose.

A Male Common Blue butterfly sits amongst the ripening ears of wheat waiting for females to pass overhead.

An Emerald Damselfly soaks up the warmth of the sunlight.

Pieris brassicae or Large White Butterfly shows its underwing markings while sipping nectar from a Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) flower.

Who knows what may lay beyond

Tachinid fly Techina Fera settles on a Common Fleabane flowerhead. No2 in Smoke Ring series

A speckled wood butterfly finds a secure and isolated spot to perch amongst the undergrowth to soak up the warmth of the sun.